She added: ‘This is an unprecedented incident. In my 29 years of being a firefighter, I have never ever seen anything of this scale.’

If you can’t spare cash to help those affected, a number of drop off points have been set up around London to donate much needed supplies to the survivors – many of whom escaped with only the clothes on their back.

A number of crowdfunding pages have been set up by well wishers in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, JustGiving has set up a main emergency page here.

And JustGiving said: ‘As with all of the pages set up in light of the fire at Grenfell Tower, we’ll be holding the funds raised until we have worked with each page owner to work out the best way to the get the funds to those in need.’

What we know about the Grenfell Tower fire

London Fire Brigade was first called at 12.54am on Wednesday morning to the Grenfell Tower in Latimer Road.

At least 17 deaths have been confirmed following the blaze at Grenfell Tower in north Kensington.

At least 74 people have been taken to five hospitals, London Ambulance Service said.

Around 20 people are in critical care.

The building in north Kensington is at least 24 stories high.

Forty engines containing more than 200 firefighters attended the scene.

Thirty people were taken to five hospitals following the fire.

Fire crews from north Kensington, Kensington, Hammersmith and Paddington and surrounding stations were at the scene with the fire burning from the second to the top floor.

The cause of the fire is not yet clear.

London mayor Sadiq Khan has said the fire has been declared a 'major incident'.

The Grenfell Tower was built in 1974 and contains 120 homes, according to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

More than 20 ambulance crews were sent to the scene, London Ambulance Service said.

The Metropolitan Police have set up a casualty bureau for anyone concerned about their friends and family on 0800 0961 233.

(Picture: Guilhem Baker/LNP)

(Picture: Guilhem Baker/LNP)

Police and fire services attempted to evacuate the concrete block and said "a number of people are being treated for a range of injuries, including at least two for smoke inhalation (Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty)

Police and fire services attempted to evacuate the concrete block and said "a number…

The fire broke out shortly before 1am and spread quickly up the outside of the building (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)

The fire broke out shortly before 1am and spread quickly up the outside of the building…

Members of the emergency services watch as Grenfell Tower is engulfed by fire (Daniel Leal Olivas/AFP/Getty)

Members of the emergency services watch as Grenfell Tower is engulfed by fire (Daniel…

Picture confirmed a number of fatalities and that 30 people are being treated in hospital (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty)

Picture confirmed a number of fatalities and that 30 people are being treated in…

Residents and locals report seeing the plastic cladding on the tower going up like paper (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty)

Residents and locals report seeing the plastic cladding on the tower going up like…

Smoke billows from a fire that has engulfed the 24-storey west London tower (Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA)

Smoke billows from a fire that has engulfed the 24-storey west London tower (Picture:…

Onlookers said residents were throwing their children out, screaming, 'save my children,…

Locals told the BBC this morning there were many children and elderly people living in the building. LFB said confirmed this morning 'a number of fatalities' (Picture: PA)

Locals told the BBC this morning there were many children and elderly people living…

In the aftermath of the tragedy, there will now be an urgent search for answers - how did the fire start, and how did it spread so quickly (Picture: Rick Findler/PA)

In the aftermath of the tragedy, there will now be an urgent search for answers -…

Local resident Natalie Oxford took this image early on June 14, 2017, showing flames and smoke coming from a 27-storey block of flats after a fire broke out in west London. The fire brigade said 40 fire engines and 200 firefighters had been called to the blaze in Grenfell Tower, which has 120 flats (Natalie Oxford/AFP/Getty)

Local resident Natalie Oxford took this image early on June 14, 2017, showing flames…

An image taken by local resident Natalie Oxford AFP/Getty

An image taken by local resident Natalie Oxford AFP/Getty

The fire broke out shortly before 1am this morning and quickly spread (Picture: Giulio Thuburn/AFP/Getty)

The fire broke out shortly before 1am this morning and quickly spread (Picture: Giulio…

Flames and smoke billow as firefighters deal with a serious fire in a tower block at Latimer Road in West London, Britain June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Flames and smoke billow as firefighters deal with a serious fire in a tower block…

The fire began in the early hours of Wednesday morning and the fire brigade were on the scene within 6 minutes (Picture: Daniel Leal Olivas/AFP/Getty)

The fire began in the early hours of Wednesday morning and the fire brigade were…